The X-Bomber, along with its Dai-X fighters, makes up the X-Project which Professor Hagen was working on prior to his departure to find out more about Lamia's origins. Dr Benn took it over, bringing it close to completion by 2999 when the Alliance first invade the Solar System. When it first launches from Moon Base to combat a task force of Imperial carriers and fighters it does so on a wing and a prayer with an inexperienced crew.
Subsequent encounters demonstrate the X-Bomber's ability to take damage and dish it out. Although it is damaged by the Alliance on several occasions throughout the series, even a direct collision with Orion's carrier fails to destroy it outright. There are often references to the X-Bomber having an energy shield, but it is only seen visibly in episode 4. It therefore seems likely that the X-Bomber's hull is heavily armoured in addition to this energy shield. (A Star Trek analogy would be the Defiant's ablative armour).
Of course, the X-Bomber wouldn't be an effective fighting machine if all it could do was soak up hits all day long. The X-Bomber's armaments are designed to cope with a variety of threats.
For point defence against enemy fighters there are manually controlled twin-barrel rapid fire laser turrets, generally manned by Shiro and Hercules. These are based on the flight deck and seem to cover an arc of roughly 45 degrees in all directions, which means that there are blind spots directly above and below X-Bomber's neck. Imperial ground troops take advantage of this lack of coverage in one episode by getting into a positon directly underneath X-Bomber which Lamia and Kirara cannot attack from the flight deck. The general concept is quite similar to the Millennium Falcon's turrets in Star Wars.
Subsequent encounters demonstrate the X-Bomber's ability to take damage and dish it out. Although it is damaged by the Alliance on several occasions throughout the series, even a direct collision with Orion's carrier fails to destroy it outright. There are often references to the X-Bomber having an energy shield, but it is only seen visibly in episode 4. It therefore seems likely that the X-Bomber's hull is heavily armoured in addition to this energy shield. (A Star Trek analogy would be the Defiant's ablative armour).
Of course, the X-Bomber wouldn't be an effective fighting machine if all it could do was soak up hits all day long. The X-Bomber's armaments are designed to cope with a variety of threats.
For point defence against enemy fighters there are manually controlled twin-barrel rapid fire laser turrets, generally manned by Shiro and Hercules. These are based on the flight deck and seem to cover an arc of roughly 45 degrees in all directions, which means that there are blind spots directly above and below X-Bomber's neck. Imperial ground troops take advantage of this lack of coverage in one episode by getting into a positon directly underneath X-Bomber which Lamia and Kirara cannot attack from the flight deck. The general concept is quite similar to the Millennium Falcon's turrets in Star Wars.
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Xボンバー
主角 星星舰队
